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City of Rockingham
The City of Rockingham is a local government area in the far southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth.
City of Rockingham History
In 1896, residents of Rockingham petitioned to establish a road board, which they proposed be called "Clarence" which was the name of the failed settlement of Thomas Peel at Woodman Point. The area at the time fell within the responsibility of the Fremantle District Road Board. The name "Clarence" was declined by the Department of Lands and Surveys,:pp83-85 and the Rockingham Roads District was gazetted on 4 February 1897.
The agricultural hall on the corner of Flinders Lane and Kent Street in Rockingham was used for the Roads Board's administration until an office was constructed for the Roads Board on the corner of Office Road and Mandurah Road in East Rockingham in 1905. In 1929 the Board resolved to relocate the administration to Rockingham Beach and the various buildings, including the Agricultural Hall and the vacated Rockingham Beach Primary School building on Kent Street, were used as the Board's offices.
City of Rockingham Suburbs
Baldivis, Cooloongup, East Rockingham, Golden Bay, Hillman, Karnup, Keralup, Peron, Port Kennedy, Rockingham, Safety Bay, Secret Harbour, Shoalwater, Singleton, Waikiki, WarnbroAbout the Greek Language
The Greek language is the official language of Greece (Hellas) and Cyprus. It was first spoken in Greece and was also once spoken along the coast of Asia Minor (now a part of Turkey) and in southern Italy. It was also widely used in Western Asia and Northern Africa at one time. In Greek, the language is called Ελληνικά (elliniká).
Greeks write their language using the Greek alphabet. The Latin alphabet (used to write English and many other languages) came from the Greek alphabet. Many other alphabets around the world also came from the Greek one, such as the Cyrillic alphabet.
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European language family. The ancient language most closely related to it may be ancient Macedonian, which many scholars suggest may have been a dialect of Greek itself, but it is so poorly attested that it is difficult to conclude anything about it. Independently of the Macedonian question, some scholars have grouped Greek into Graeco-Phrygian, as Greek and the extinct Phrygian share features that are not found in other Indo-European languages. Among living languages, some Indo-Europeanists suggest that Greek may be most closely related to Armenian (see Graeco-Armenian) or the Indo-Iranian languages (see Graeco-Aryan), but little definitive evidence has been found for grouping the living branches of the family. In addition, Albanian has also been considered somewhat related to Greek and Armenian by some linguists. If proven and recognised, the three languages would form a new Balkan sub-branch with other dead European languages.
Modern Greek inherits most of its vocabulary from Ancient Greek, which in turn is an Indo-European language, but also includes a number of borrowings from the languages of the populations that inhabited Greece before the arrival of Proto-Greeks, some documented in Mycenaean texts; they include a large number of Greek toponyms. The form and meaning of many words have evolved. Loanwords (words of foreign origin) have entered the language, mainly from Latin, Venetian, and Turkish. During the older periods of Greek, loanwords into Greek acquired Greek inflections, thus leaving only a foreign root word. Modern borrowings (from the 20th century on), especially from French and English, are typically not inflected; other modern borrowings are derived from South Slavic (Macedonian/Bulgarian) and Eastern Romance languages (Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian).
City of Rockingham Greek Translator Services
Greek translator for certified translation services:
- Greek driving license translation
- Greek financial translation and bank statement translations
- Greek birth certificate translation
- Greek marriage certificate translation
- Greek name-change certificate translation
- Greek degree translation
- Greek diploma translation
- Greek school transcript translation
- Greek passport translation
- Greek police report translation
- Greek police check translation
- Greek personal letters and cards
- Greek utility bill translations
- Greek death certificate translation
Perth Translation provides fast and affordable Greek translation services in the City of Rockingham for all types of personal documents by NAATI translators.
Greek Document Translation
Modern Standard Greek (Demotic) is used uniformly in official documents throughout Greece and Cyprus. However, documents from Cyprus may contain Cypriot Greek vocabulary and institutional terminology specific to that country's administrative system. Documents from the Greek diaspora in countries like Egypt, Turkey, and Australia itself may be in archaic Katharevousa (the puristic form used officially until 1976) rather than modern Demotic Greek, requiring specialist knowledge of this now-defunct formal register.
Greek Document Types
Greek civil documents include the ληξιαρχική πράξη γεννήσεως (lixiarkhiki praxi genniseos, birth certificate), ληξιαρχική πράξη γάμου (lixiarkhiki praxi gamou, marriage certificate), and άδεια οδήγησης (adeia odigisis, driving licence). Civil records are maintained by the ληξιαρχείο (lixiarkhio, civil registry) of each municipality.
Where Greek Is Official
Greek is the official language of Greece and one of two official languages of Cyprus (alongside Turkish). It is also one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Greek has recognised minority language status in Albania, Turkey, and Italy (Calabria and Puglia). As EU member states, both Greece and Cyprus issue documents that increasingly conform to European standards, though Greek bureaucratic traditions dating to the establishment of the modern Greek state add distinctive formatting and attestation requirements.
Greek uses its own alphabet with 24 letters. The ELOT 743 standard is the official Greek romanisation system and is used on Greek passports and identity documents. However, many established romanisations of Greek names follow older conventions (e.g., Giorgos vs Georgios, Vassilis vs Vasilios), and translators must match existing passport romanisations rather than applying systematic transliteration to personal names.
About City of Rockingham
The City of Rockingham covers approximately 257 square kilometres along Perth's southern coast, with a population exceeding 140,000. Originally a holiday destination, it has transformed into a major residential growth area with a distinct coastal identity, expanding rapidly through estates in Baldivis, Port Kennedy, and Secret Harbour.
Major suburbs include Rockingham, Baldivis, Warnbro, Safety Bay, Port Kennedy, Secret Harbour, and Shoalwater, with Rockingham Centre as the main retail hub.
The council's administration building is on Council Avenue in Rockingham, adjacent to the Rockingham Library and the Gary Holland Community Centre. The Rockingham Aquatic Centre and Mike Barnett Sports Complex cater to sports and recreation needs.
Rockingham and Warnbro stations on the Mandurah line provide rail access to Perth, with bus feeder services linking surrounding suburbs. Safety Bay Road and Ennis Avenue are major arterials, and the Kwinana Freeway extends northward to the CBD.
